Combined shovel and shield



(No Model.)

J. J. HOLLAND.

COMBINED SHOVEL AND SHIELD.

Pgtented Jan..8,

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS, Phulu-Lilhognphur. Washingmn. D. c

Uivirnn Sterne PATENT Graven.

COMBINED SHOVEL AND SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN J. IIOLLAND, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Shovel and Shield, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide in small compass, and so as to be conveniently portable, a shovel and shield, and by a novel construction of the shovel-handle a receptacle for conveyance of small articles of utility, the devices being adapted, in their varying adjustments, for use interchangeably by military men, tourists, and others.

The invention consists of a shovel-blade adapted to be quickly fixed in the slotted end of a handle, for uses of defense in war by throwing up intrenchinents, as breast-works, rifle-pits, &c., and for roadanaking and prospecting, the shovel-blade, when so adjusted, being capable of use in any ordinary man ner, and by its combination with a sling bag or pouch the blade may be used as a breastplate in battle, the handle of the shovel being formed in hollow sections, adapting it for the reception and carriage of any small implements such as eating-utensils or toilet articlesa slingpouch being also provided for carrying the dismembered handle-sections from abodybelt or other clothing attachment, as a button, the whole being capable of quick and interchangeable adjustments for the various uses to which it is adapted, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional side view of my improvement adjusted for use as a shovel. Fig. 2 is an elevation at right angles to Fig. 1, and partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a face view of the pouch with the dismembered handle placed or packed therein, and Fig. 4 is a face view of the shovel-pouch with the sling-strap broken away.

The shovel-blade A, which may take the form of a shield, with any suitable device or coat-of-arins stamped in or on it, is notched, as at a, centrally of its upper edge, and bored at Patent No. 291,732, dated January 8, 1884,

Application filed May 28, 1883. (No model.)

a, below notch c, for securing it to the handle, and holes a are provided at the outer upper corners of the blade A, for looking it in its pouch, as hereinafter described.

The shovel-handle B is made in two or more hollow or tubular sections, 2) b, the lower section, I), having the long hard wood plug 0 rigidly fixed therein by one or more bolts, 0, the lower section and plug being slotted suitably to receive the shovel-blade A, whose notch a embracesthe bolt 0, to serve with the removable thumb-screw or bolt 0, which passes through the handle and blade A, to firmly secure the blade to the handle, and so as to readily be removed or applied, the screw 0 engaging a threaded nut, c, soldered or other wise fixed to the section I), as shown is Fig. 2. The lower section, b, has any suitable cork or other internal stopper, (1, fitted, if desired, with a full cord, (1, by which to remove the stopper, the size of section I) permitting upper section, I), to be lapped or passed upon its head or upper end to joint telescopically with the lower section, b, said upper section, I), having any suitable internal bottom, 0, which may be rigidly fastened therein, so' as to form a head to take the thrust of working the shovel-blade any suitable cap or cover, 0, fitting tightly thereon, but so as to readily be removed for filling the upper section with eating-utensils or other suitable implements or articles, the cover 0, when removed, serving also as a goblet from which to drink. The lower section, I), when the handle is jointed in working posi tion, is stoppered by the upper section, b, as in preferred in use, as it affords a cover or protection for the utensils or implements which may be stowed away in the lower section when the sections 1) I) are disjointed and packed away for convenient transportation in the pouch 0, Fig. 3, which has a sling-loop, 0', through which a body-belt may be passed for carrying the handle by the belt.

Fig. 4 represents the sling bag or pouch for the shovel-blade A, said pouch consisting of a back plate or piece of metal or suitable fabric, D, having the leather or metal edge frame D secured by a fastening of stitching,f, or otherwise, near the outside edge, so that the loose A into the earth, the upper section, I), having Fig. 1; but the stopper (1 of the section b is inner edges of frame D serve to hold the blade A between them and the back piece, D, as in a pocket, and without concealing the emblem or design on the face of the blade, which, when thus placed in the pouch D D, with the hook or other button-head fastenings, g, of the slingstrap h passed through the pouch and through the corner'holes, a, of the blade A, serves to hold and lock the blade in the pouch, and by then suspending the pouch from about the neck or shoulders by the straps h the blade is made to serve as an effective shield or guard of vital parts of the wearer against injury by the missiles of small-arms or the sword or bayonet. The blade, bein g of steel of a quality and strength to serve this purpose, together with its uses as a shovel and the pouch D D, serves also as a protection to the cutting-edges of the blade A, and prevents soiling the clothing after use of the blade, and may have any suitable tab, 6, for better securing it over a but ton of the clothing.

Thus constructed, my improvement may not only be utilized as a shield and carrier for small articles, but may very quickly be ad justed in emergencies to serve as an effective shovel for constructing V earth-works for defense, or for any desired uses of the prospector or tourist.

Having thus described my invention, I claim. as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 4. The sectional tubular handle, constructed of section I), having bottom plug, 0, slotted to receive the shovel-blade, and fitted with are movable stopper, (1, and the section b, having a rigid bottom, 6, and a cap, 0, substantially as shown and described.

5. The pouch DD, combined with the strong strap it, having hook connections 9 which pass through the apertures a of the blade A when it is adjusted as a shield, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN J. HOLLAND.

\Vitnesses:

Ji-xs. J. VOULFE, Bus. ROUEN. 

